The relationship between social-cultural attitudes and behavioral measures of cognitive style: A meta-analytic integration of studies

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1765-1800

  Van Hiel, Alain ^a   Onraet, Emma ^a   De Pauw, Sarah ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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[No Author keywords available]

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ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; META ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78149399832     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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